The Unnatural Mothers

painting by Segantini

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"The Unnatural Mothers" is a painting by Giovanni Segantini, an Italian painter known for his Alpine landscapes and allegorical works that combined Symbolism with Neo-Impressionism. Segantini, who spent much of his life in the Swiss Alps, developed a Symbolist subject matter in paintings like "The Unnatural Mothers" (1894). He felt a mystic connection with his mountain surroundings, often incorporating Alpine backdrops into his art.1

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Giovanni Segantini
…Punishment of Luxury” (1891), “The Unnatural Mothers” (1894), and “Love at the Fountain of Life” (1896). A pantheist by nature, he felt himself in mystic communion with his mountain environment. He usually used an Alpine background in his works and left unfinished a great triptych entitled “Life, Nature, and Death,”…
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…Punishment of Luxury” (1891), “The Unnatural Mothers” (1894), and “Love at the Fountain of Life” (1896). A pantheist by nature, he felt himself in mystic communion with his mountain environment. He usually used an Alpine background in his works and left unfinished a great triptych entitled “Life, Nature, and Death,”…
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